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Don't punish older people, says Saga's 'voice of over-50s'https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/27/dont-punish-older-people-saga-ros-altmann
Head of Saga Group Ros Altmann says the effect of government policy is to transfer resources from older generations to younger ones<p>An increasingly influential advocate for older people is emerging from an unlikely direction: the billion-pound business that is synonymous with leisured middle-class retirement.</p><p>Ros Altmann is director-general of the <a href="http://www.saga.co.uk/" title="">Saga Group</a>. She has been recruited specifically to be "the voice of the over-50s" and the past fortnight has been typically busy for Altmann, commenting on, among other things, changes to the Tesco company pensions scheme, the Which? report on home care, the Royal College of Nursing's call for higher ratios of nurses to older patients and, of course, the impact of the budget on older people. The chancellor's "granny tax", freezing and moving to end the allowance that enables people aged 65 or more to start paying income tax at a higher threshold, played directly to her theme that government policy is clobbering those who have provided prudently for their retirement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/27/dont-punish-older-people-saga-ros-altmann">Continue reading...</a>Older peopleSocial careSocietyBudget 2012BudgetUK newsPensionsMoneyRetirement ageRetirement planningState pensionsTue, 27 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/27/dont-punish-older-people-saga-ros-altmannPhotograph: Graham Turner/GuardianRos Altmann on why older people need a voice Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianPhotograph: Graham Turner/GuardianRos Altmann on why older people need a voice Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianDavid Brindle2012-03-27T14:00:00Z